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  • cgbillb
    Lieutenant Commander
    • May 2018
    • 182

    the
    battery link monitor not only provides the fail-safe function for loss of signal, it will also fail-safe the boat if the battery drops below the critical voltage. A must have feature on any vehicle using Lithium polymer batteries.
    David
    OK old man I just order the link kit
    Back to the conning tower
    Bill

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator
      • Aug 2008
      • 12256

      Originally posted by cgbillb
      the
      battery link monitor not only provides the fail-safe function for loss of signal, it will also fail-safe the boat if the battery drops below the critical voltage. A must have feature on any vehicle using Lithium polymer batteries.
      David
      OK old man I just order the link kit
      Back to the conning tower
      Bill
      I know it's an expensive item, Bill. But it is money well spent -- a fail-safe, battery protector, and recorder of signal drop-outs, all in one tidy little package.

      David
      Who is John Galt?

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      • cgbillb
        Lieutenant Commander
        • May 2018
        • 182

        How about a submarine rescue buoy worth the Money David?

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        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
          Moderator
          • Aug 2008
          • 12256

          Originally posted by cgbillb
          How about a submarine rescue buoy worth the Money David?
          Not the money. The complexity. Be it dropped weight, tethered buoy, or any other 'rescue' device that has to be deployed:

          You can bet it will either not work when you want it to, or it will work when you don't want it to. Also, a tether is a propeller fouling hazard.

          KISS. If you want a back-up to the SAS, go for the BBS.

          David
          Who is John Galt?

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          • cgbillb
            Lieutenant Commander
            • May 2018
            • 182

            Tom I need help with David's dictionary, I googled BBS no luck What does BBS stand for,
            Bill

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            • trout
              Admiral
              • Jul 2011
              • 3545

              I would guess he means Backup Ballast System.
              Another way to put it is add a gas ballast tank.
              If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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              • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                Moderator
                • Aug 2008
                • 12256

                Originally posted by trout
                I would guess he means Backup Ballast System.
                Another way to put it is add a gas ballast tank.
                Bingo.













                David
                Who is John Galt?

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                • cgbillb
                  Lieutenant Commander
                  • May 2018
                  • 182

                  OK David I understand how it works, thanks , but I don't have the money for one yet maybe later.
                  Been in bed sick for three days so have not worked on the conning tower
                  Have a question, was reading about the capture of the U-505 and the crew jump over board with a "Pipe Boat"
                  Rubber Raft??
                  Bill

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                  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                    Moderator
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 12256

                    Originally posted by cgbillb
                    OK David I understand how it works, thanks , but I don't have the money for one yet maybe later.
                    Been in bed sick for three days so have not worked on the conning tower
                    Have a question, was reading about the capture of the U-505 and the crew jump over board with a "Pipe Boat"
                    Rubber Raft??
                    Bill
                    Get out of bed, slacker!

                    I have no idea. I know they had a lot of pressure-proof containers accessible from the main deck for life-saving gear. But I'm not familiar with the 'pipe boat' term or what it means.

                    David
                    Who is John Galt?

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                    • MFR1964
                      Detail Nut of the First Order
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 1290

                      They mean schlaugboote, they look like a oval donut, which is formed by a rubber pipe form, more or less like the modern dingy.
                      As David stated, they were storaged inside watertight containers, the funny thing is, inside each life boat there was room for 5 men, my type VII has a total of 6 containers, setting the crew on 30 men, in some chases with more crew onboard they calculated in a fatality rate of 5 men, typical german grundlichkeit

                      Manfred
                      I went underground

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                      • cgbillb
                        Lieutenant Commander
                        • May 2018
                        • 182

                        Thank you Manfred I know that different type of U-Boats had different types of lifeboats, I think the type XXI only had 1 or 2 containers, have to look it up.
                        Bill

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                        • MFR1964
                          Detail Nut of the First Order
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 1290

                          Bill, that could be true since the crewnumber varies on each boat, by the way, schlaug means tube or hose in german, so there you have your 'pipeboat', a crappy translation in your book.

                          Manfred.
                          I went underground

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                          • cgbillb
                            Lieutenant Commander
                            • May 2018
                            • 182

                            Manfred, two items
                            One when I come back from FL, next week, I will look into the deep deep hole of my computer and find the research I did on the
                            schlaugboote or as I call them life rafts ,on the
                            different types of U-Boat
                            Two I know that translation of the German language is very hard for a lot of people. When I was researching and building Schnellboats, I had a few books in German, it seems that you have a old German and a new German. The girl in Atlanta that was translationing them for me had trouble as she did not known the old German. Is this a true statement about old and new?
                            Here is a photo of my CIA S-116 great history for people in the S-boats. Hope David can read all this.

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                            • cgbillb
                              Lieutenant Commander
                              • May 2018
                              • 182

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                              • cgbillb
                                Lieutenant Commander
                                • May 2018
                                • 182

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ID:	128394David can you see the CIA S-116 I know you have a hard time with small photos but the best I could do.

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